Land Use Planning Consultant!
"I Love Oceanside"
Elizabeth J. "Betty" Graff
Land Use Planning Consultant
After Ms. Graff retired as a senior planner with the City of Oceanside Planning Department, people started calling for help with their land use projects. Wanting to keep busy and not waste years of knowledge, she began by answering questions and helping folks figure out how to have the best strategies for success. She took out a business license as a consultant and registered as a lobbyist with the City.
Ms. Graff mostly works on smaller projects, sometimes coordinating with local engineers, architects and landscape architects as needed.
She also joins other professionals and individuals to assist with City interface, and interpretation and research of regulations.
Ms. Graff’s special expertise is her knowledge of how things work and how to penetrate the ordinances, processes and procedures involved in the land use approval process.
Although she mainly works in Oceanside, she has assisted with research in other cities and counties.
Ms. Graff has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration and a Master’s Degree in City Planning, both from San Diego State.
She has been involved in planning for more than 30 years. At Oceanside she worked not only in Planning, but in Community Development Administration and the City Manager’s Office.
In the late 70’s and early 80’s she also worked for San Diego County and the City of Hemet.
As a younger woman Ms. Graff worked in the Los Angeles area as a writer and editor during the 60’s at the Burbank “Daily Review.”
Ms. Graff has a daughter and three grown-up grandchildren. She loves dogs and lives with Nikko, who was rescued from the North County Human Society.
